Difference between revisions of "2022-05-20 42 -85"

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Location

On a dirt road south of Paw Paw.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

I looked at this hashpoint over breakfast, and it looked like it would probably be accessible. So, I got to the airport by about 8:30, and took Alaska Flight 686 to Chicago. Getting through Chicago at 5 p.m. on a Friday took quite a while, but I was able to catch I-94 just a few miles from O'Hare and follow it south around the southern end of Lake Michigan, through northwestern Indiana and then into the southwest of Michigan, almost stright to the hashpoint.

It was well into dusk when I took the exit for Michigan Highway 51, then followed a succession of increasingly minor farm roads until I got to 64th Avenue. I stopped the car, got out, and walked up onto the shoulder to catch the hashpoint itself. It was very peaceful and still. Definitely worth the trip.

Photos

Entering the state only one state over from the hashpoint!
Turning onto 64th Avenue at last light.
What could possibly go wrong?
I made it!
Me, at the hashpoint

Achievements

Michael5000's First Expedition to Michigan

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+I looked at this hashpoint over breakfast, and it looked like it would probably be accessible.  So, I got to the airport by about 8:30, and took Alaska Flight 686 to Chicago.  Getting through Chicago at 5 p.m. on a Friday took quite a while, but I was able to catch I-94 just a few miles from O'Hare and follow it south around the southern end of Lake Michigan, through northwestern Indiana and then into the southwest of Michigan, almost stright to the hashpoint.
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+It was well into dusk when I took the exit for Michigan Highway 51, then followed a succession of increasingly minor farm roads until I got to 64th Avenue.  I stopped the car, got out, and walked up onto the shoulder to catch the hashpoint itself.  It was very peaceful and still.  Definitely worth the trip.
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